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After Saturday’s training camp practice, he spent time talking with assistant wide receivers coach Jerricho Cotchery. Then Godwin went on an adjacent field to catch punts with special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn.
“It’s always good to get instruction from everyone,” Godwin said afterward. “As a rookie, you want to come out here and learn everything that you can, and try to get an advantage on whatever you can. It’s never too much to learn. I always want to figure out the most that I can do.”
The more you can do. The more you can learn. Seventh-round picks have to make themselves valuable in any way they can.
But Godwin does have a bit of a head start when it comes to building relationships with team veterans.
In high school, the Georgia native was on Cam Newton’s 7v7 all-star team.
“Me and Cam had a good relationship before we got here,” Godwin said. “We’ve kept that relationship going. He talked to me about certain things. Route running and what to look for and things like that.”
Even before Newton worked out with his pass catchers in San Diego this month, he and Godwin spent part of the offseason working out together. It was quite the leap from learning from a famous NFL quarterback in high school.
“It was different," Godwin said. "Instead of him saying, ‘C’mon, Terry do this or do that,’ it’s him saying, ‘You know what we’ve got to do – together. So let’s go do that.’ And that’s a really cool feeling.”